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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Ran•kine (rang′kin),USA pronunciation n. William John Mac•quorn (mə kwôrn′),USA pronunciation 1820–70, Scottish engineer and physicist. adj. - Thermodynamicspertaining to an absolute temperature scale (Ran′kine scale′) in which the degree intervals are equal to those of the Fahrenheit scale and in which 0° Rankine equals -459.7° Fahrenheit. Cf. absolute temperature scale, Kelvin (defs. 2, 3).
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